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Why do pinned items show up twice in the Windows 7 start menu?
My start menu has two entries for Firefox. I pinned Firefox to the start menu. One shortcut is from the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder, and the other from C:\Users\\...
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Can you change the icon of a pinned IE 9 web application? And how do you do it?
In IE 9 you have the ability to click and drag an open browser tab to the Windows 7 taskbar and pin the shortcut to the taskbar.
This has the effect of creating a pseudo-application experience where ...
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Why latest emacs version don't support Windows 7 taskbar?
I have downloaded latest emacs for Windows here, but starting it on Windows 7 shows a taskbar icon that ignores right-click and so can't be pinned I have searched Google and found a lot of bug reports ...
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Pin same app multiple times in Windows 7
I use some programs with command line arguments and like to have shortcuts for launching those programs with those arguments. For example, I keep several Firefox profiles around and like to specify ...
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How to restore jump list for Windows Explorer pinned taskbar icon?
I pinned Windows Explorer's icon to my taskbar months ago, and all worked fine, including jump lists. Note: I changed the default Explorer's folder using the usual trick of changing the GUID in the ...
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Windows 7: Cannot pin application to the taskbar
Note: Since the superuser is also a wiki, here is the
solution to a problem i had. Others will have the same problem too.
"I cannot pin an application to the taskbar in Windows 7."
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How do I get rid of the extra options on a pinned program on the start menu
In Windows 7 when I pin certain programs, somehow there is something that allows them to have a sub menu. Examples of this are both Firefox (Enter private browsing) and Chrome (New window, New ...
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How to group pinned and running programs in the taskbar on Windows 7?
I have started to use Windows 7. Programs can be "pinned" to the Taskbar. Internet Exporer was pinned there after installation, and when I start Internet Explorer no other icon is added to the Taskbar....
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Where is the list of pinned start menu and taskbar items stored in Windows 7
What is the location of pinned start menu and taskbar items?
Is this list a registry, or a folder somewhere?
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Disappearing Windows Explorer pinned items
This has happened twice now in three months:
After rebooting, ALL the pinned items from my Windows Explorer taskbar jumplist are gone. Also, recent items from Windows Explorer are much fewer, only ...
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Virtual desktops with custom taskbar pinned applications [closed]
Is there a windows 7 application that enables to pin different taskbar applications by virtual desktop?
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Windows 7: enabling navigation of subfolders in pinned Start Menu folders
I'm just about to move from Windows XP to Windows 7, and I'm struggling with some of the interface changes.
In XP, I was able to throw a folder intoC:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menuand ...
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sal3.dll is missing when launching a file pinned to an Open Office app
In Windows 7 you can pin a document to a program in the taskbar. I pinned an .xls document to Calc, but when I click on the shortcut I get the following error:
soffice.bin - System Error
The program ...
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How to I add command line arguments (parameters) for pinned applications on Windows 7?
On Windows 7 i'm no longer able to change the command line arguments for "pinned" taskbar launcher.
How can we workaround this problem in order to be able to start applications with parameters on ...
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